charlie: finally, there's the question of where is abu bakr al-baghdadi. you have a sense of who is running the isis troops inside of mosul? holly: that is so mysterious, and abu bakr al-baghdadi whereabouts are also mysterious. the u.s. military told us that they have intelligence that summarizes leaders and their families are fleeing mosul already ahead of this offensive and are heading west toward syria towards some of the strongholds isis has there --raqqa for instance. whether that includes abu bakr al-baghdadi and his family, we don't know. charlie: we can't tell whether they have closed the route from mosul, which has been a primary route from mosul two raqqa? that is still open for them to flee? holly: they still have territory those cities. charlie: thank you so much for joining us. back in a moment, stay with us. nharlie: zeid ra'ad al hussein is here. he is a you and commissioner for special rights. he addressed a specials us in, calling aleppo a slaughterhouse. he also warned of the possible use of human shields. i'm pleased to have him back on

shy and boring, his bicycle wasn't very impressive,d has a doctorate degree in islamic law.colleg abu bakr al-baghdadi joined zarqawi's gangs because he still feels obliged to fight the infidels.ce aga he ends up going to jail for a while and has the prison experience and exposed to tough guys around him.h the ra and then he starts to rise up through the ranks, mostly because other leaders around him are getting killed. so in 2010 the leaders of -- decided they need different kind of leader. they pick this guy, bank two, heats an islamic scholar, abu bakr al-baghdadi and so he's no longer calling himself a qaeda in a and i rake. he called himself the islamic state of iraq. the state part is a joke because they know that there's no real state. one of the leader's wives reacted famously to this as where's the state you're talking about.in we are living in the desert.sco but history intervenes again in isis's favor. just as he is coming to power u.s. troops are leaving iraq under agreements under the bush ministration. as soon as they're gone that shiite government feels emboldened to start s

from the from the terrorism alert desk in washington, i'm michelle marsh isis's leader abu bakr al- baghdadi is seriously ill after an assisination attempt. attempt.he and four other commanders were allegedly poisined while eating dinner. the terror group has launched a full-scale investigation to find out who did it. it.in iraq, at least seven are dead and many more >>> from the terrorism alert desk. there is a full scale investigation to find out who did it. >>> in iraq, seven are dead and more wounded after suicide bomber blew himself up at a market in baghdad. the market reports that more than 1000 people were killed and more than 600 of them were civilians. saturday morning.each of the nuclear neighbors are accusing each other of provocation. ndia has evacuated more than 10-thousand people from the are. area.from the terrorism alert desk in washington, i'm shots -- since taking over for his dad -- steve -- as the head football >>> tyler hasn't lost in the steve. the name stayed and so to the family first values.>>> ready. go. run, run, finish.>> reporter: they continue. >>> sometimes th

, mosul was captured by isis, it was 2014, a thousand isis soldiers to some 30,000 iraqi troops, abu bakrdadi announced the creation of the caliphate at the grand mosque in mosul. that's the last two years. why is it so significant now? >> i think for symbolic reasons alone. the reality is isis is going to survive mosul but the reality is if you can deprive the islamic state of its main asset, which is control over territory governance, the capacity to actually attract recruits to a place and however bitter the experience may be to offer an alternative form of governance, you deny the islamic state the caliphate, you demonstrate that they are, in fact, a nasty ideological organization driven by hatred and propaganda and you can begin, it seems to me, to shatter the myth invincibility and inevitability that seems to have provided by this proto terror state with an extraordinary message and that's what needs to be done. not that's going to deal a bitter blow to its ideology, its capacity to inspire disgruntled individuals in europe and other places and in the region as well, but deny them t

>> i want to let you know i did sh is i pledge allegiance to abu bakr al-baghdadi of the islamic state. >> omar mateen opened fire in the nightclub in the early morning hours of june 12 killing dozens. route the call he repeatedly said he committed the attack to stop u.s. airstrikes on iraq and syria. two thirds of emergency calls from that night have already will listen to the remaining 22 hours of calls to see if more can be made public. >>> you probably seen the ad about how pot candy can be a danger to children if the medical marijuana amendment is passed but people in favor say it's a scare tactic with no facts to back it up. today a group called cannabis for moms held a news conference in jeff patterson joins us to tell us why they aren't worried about the pot candy. >> reporter: as you may be able to tell by the science behind me early voting has started and medical marijuana is on the ballot. the people in favor of amendment two claim the other side is using pot candy as a scare tactic. >> with amendment two this is what medicine will look like. pot package like candy. >> repor

that's where officially the islamic caliphate of abu bakr al bagdadi began. for them to lose this city represents, in a sense, the loss of the place where the caliphate was born. it would appear -- and we did hear the iraqi prime minister saying that the bell of victory is ringing. when he announced the beginning of this operation. it does point to what could be one of the final and decisive battles in this war against isis. >> ben, stay with me. i want to bring in retired lieutenant general mark. speak to me about the u.s. role here. as arwa was explaining moments ago, this in many ways validates. if they are successful in retaining mosul, iraqi forces, this validates, arguably, the obama administration's changed strategy to embolden, properly train and equip the iraqi forces to do this themselves. talk to me about the u.s. presence involved in this. >> yes, there has certainly been a change and, yes, there are not as many u.s. forces on the ground. in my view, having spent over three years of my life in the country, that is a very good thing. they have to w

the criminal complaint says both men made videos pledging allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi, militant leader who inspired terrorist attacks in the u.s. and abroad. arrests, ludke told agents the pair left wisconsin because they couldn't pay their rent here. ludke was afraid of going back to prison. he's a registered sex offender . and padilla was afraid of being , deported. if convicted, both face up to 20 years in prison. kathy: thank you. we're uncovering new details of a hit and run crash that's left a mom fighting for her life. -- drunk driving convictions three already. 12 news nick bohr has been investigating the case. he joins us live from cesar chavez and greenfield in milwaukee. >> that victim 27-year-old amy , mayek, was crossing cesar chavez here around 1:30 in the morning last week wednesday when a speeding car plowed into her and never stopped. a suspect was arrested wednesday a man with a history of driving , drunk. responding officers found the victim still sprawled on the pavement early last wednesday. they later identified her as 27-year-old amy mayek of mil

. >> i pledge my allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi on behalf of the islamic state. >> reporter: the killer at first speaking with an emergency dispatcher, then a police crisis negotiator. >> can you tell me where you are right now, so i can get you some help? >> no. because you have to tell america to stop bombing syria and iraq. they're killing a lot >> reporter: he falsely claims there are cars outside rigged with bombs. >> i'm going to ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. >> reporter: mateen then praises the boston marathon bomber. >> my homeboy tamerlan tsarnaev did his thing on the boston marathon, so now it's my turn. >> reporter: the negotiator keeps him on the line on and off for about an hour. >> you're annoying me with these phone calls and i don't really appreciate it. among those killed, 30-year-old eddy justice, his best friend dmitrius, survived. >> he opened fire and just killed innocent people and people begged for their lives and cried out, please don't do this. >> reporter: a judge will now decide whether to release more than 200 other calls during the carn

the criminal complaint says both men made videos pledging allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi, militant leader who inspired terrorist attacks in the u.s. and abroad. arrests, ludke told agents the pair left wisconsin because they couldn't pay their rent here. ludke was afraid of going back to prison. he's a registered sex offender . and padilla was afraid of being , deported. if convicted, both face up to 20 years in prison. kathy: thank you. we're uncovering new details of a hit and run crash that's left a mom fighting for her life.

according to the fbi, the pair made videos pledging allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. the two thought they were communicating with isis sympathizers. but instead, they were chatting with an undercover agent. authorities caught up to the duo here, in san angelo, texas. they drove from milwaukee and were on their way to mexico. they were hoping to get papers to travel to syria or iraq. ludke told agents he and because they couldn't pay their rent. according to court documents, ludke is a registered sex offender. padilla is also a convicted felon, having served five years in prison for armed robbery. if convicted, both these men face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. kathy: you can follow this developing story from our free app or our website, wisn.com. as soon as we learn new information, we'll post it to both. >> wisconsin state law actually allows a person to change their mind and vote a new ballot. if they've submitted an absentee ballot. kathy: you probably don't know it, but you can change your vote, if you vote early in wisconsin. joyce: with that said,

padilla-conde, both in their 30's, are charged with made videos pledging allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. the two thought they were communicating with isis sympathizers, but instead they were chatting with an undercover agent. authorities caught up to the duo here, in san angelo, texas. they drove from milwaukee and were on their way to mexico, hoping to get papers to travel to syria or iraq. ludke told agents he and padilla-conde left wisconsin because they couldn't pay their rent. according to court documents, ludke is a registered sex offender. padilla is also a convicted felon, having served five years in prison for armed robbery. thema: that was adrienne pederson reporting. if convicted, both men face up to 20-years in prison and a $250,000 fine. you can follow this developing story on the free wisn 12 news mobile app or our website, wisn.com. as soon as we learn new information, we'll post it to later today, families and friends will say goodbye to a plymouth middle school teacher who died of cancer. last week, more than 600 students brought the homecoming parade to jef

alarm about raqqa, a city of nearly a quarter million where the tough isis commanders, including abu bakrdadi, have thank you been thought to be hiding. >> there is an imper tiff ativet isolation in place around raqqa. our intelligence feeds tell us there is a significant external operations attacks planning going on, emanating centralized in raqqa. >> reporter: how urgent is it? >> we think it's very important to get isolation in place around raqqa to start controlling that environment. on a pretty short time line. >> reporter: this, as the fight for mosul in iraq goes on. emotional scenes of families being reunited. defense secretary ash carter says this second front in raqqa will begin very soon. >> i think it will be within weeks. that's what i want to say. >> reporter: from earlier fighting in northern syria, the u.s. already has intelligence on isis plotting against the u.s. and france, townsend says. the concern here in raqqa, the target and timing of isis' next attack is not clear. >> we know they're up to something. and it's an external plot. we don't know exactly where. we don't

. >>> there is, quote, solid intelligence that abu bakr al baghdadi is in iraq's second largest city about 220 miles north of the capital baghdad. isis took control way back in the summer of 2014. it's the islamic state's last major stronghold in the entire country. the liberation of mosul would be a major blow to isis no doubt but u.s. officials say there is concern that the militants could use chemical weans against iraqi troops. and an aid group reports thousands of iraqis are headed to syria to escape the fighting but the refugee camps don'ts have enough room for all of them. so they're expecting an enormous mess. at one camp the aid group reports 9,000 people are sharing 16 toilets. holy cannoli. benjamin hall is live in erbil, iraq about 15 miles east of mosul. what's the word on how successful this operation has been thus far? >> reporter: well, shep, centcom general joeft patel says this is on schedule, in fact it's ahead of schedule, everything is going well, but it's only been two days now and i can tell you having been on the front lines that this is going to get a lot har

it was from mosul that the group's leader abu bakr al baghdadi first appeared in public, preaching inity's grand mosque, demanding obedience from muslims around the world. for the past year iraq's military has been fighting back, retaking former isis strongholds of fallujah and ramadi. now the iraqi military is planning a showdown with isis in mosul. a battle they hope will push the group out of the country. iraqi special forces commander, general maan al saadi, believes isis will soon be on the run. >> ( translated ): no one accepts them, whether civilian or military. we are living in the 21st century. who would accept bloody savages and killers? >> reporter: across iraq the us leads a coalition of 19 countries fighting isis, but the push to re-take mosul will be an iraqi military effort, with us military support. american air strikes, guided by the precision of surveillance drones, have already hammered isis for more than two years. heavy vehicles, and attack helicopters, designed to press the fight on the ground, can already be seen on u.s. bases here. and last week the pentagon an

she's part of the team that got bin laden and she'll get abu bakr al baghdadi, the leader of isis. third, disrupt their ability to recruit on the internet in their safe havens, but fourth, we also have to work with allies to share and surge intelligence. that's the hillary clinton plan she's got the experience to do it. donald trump. donald trump can't start a twitter war with miss universe without shooting himself in the foot. donald trump doesn't have a plan. he said i have a secret plan, and then he said, i know more than all the generals about isil. then he said i'm going to call the generals to help me figure out a plan. and finally he said i'm going to fire all the generals. he doesn't have plan. but he does have dangerous ideas. he trash talks the military. the military's a disaster. john mccain's new hero. the generals need all to be fired and i know more than them. he wants to tear up alliances. nato is obsolete and we'll only work together with israel if they pay big league. third, he loves dictators. he's got kind of a personal mt. rushmore, vladimir putin, kim jong-il.

she was part of the team that got bin laden and she will lead the team that will get abu bakr al baghdadi, the head of isis. second we've got to disrupt financing networks. third disrupt their ability to recruit on the internet in their safe havens. but fourth, we also have to work with allies to share and surge intelligence. that's the hillary clinton plan. she's got the experience to do it. donald trump. donald trump can't start a twitter war with miss universe without shooting himself in the foot. donald trump doesn't have a plan. he said, i have a secret plan, and then he said, "um, i know more than all the generals about isil." and then he said, "i'm going to call the generals to help me figure out a plan." and finally he said, "i'm going to fire all the generals." he doesn't have a plan. but he does have dangerous ideas. here's four. he trash talks the military. the military is a disaster, john mccain's no hero, the generals need to all be fired and i know more than them. he wants to tear up alliances. nato is obsolete and we'll only work together with israel if they pay big league.

terror leader abu bakr al baghdadi believe to be seriously sick after asass ins tampered with his foodol bus packed with kids. brand-new video showing a moment a driver veers off the road, flipping the bus into a ditch. >> anybody get off here? [ screams ] >> the children, the students sent flying as a driver swerves to avoid a truck. it was in houston. 16 children hurt with minor injuries. >>> a big win for the united states. we reclaim the ryder cup for the first time in eight years. >> america! >> america! >> america! >> yeah, boyisterous crowd, bil murray rieling up the crowd. brian, really loud crowd there. >> the europeans are not happy about it. >> we are glad that america won. amazing. >> we're always glad when america wins. you know, speaking of winners, steve doocy is a winner and he knows ahead of the first and only vice presidential debate, the problem with america is 40% of the country does not know who the vice presidential nominees are. >> guess what, they are debating tomorrow night. 41% could not correctly name the gop nominee, mike pence, 46% were unsure of the democr